In a noble initiative, Sikkim Education Minister Kunga Nima Lepcha, has decided to sponsor the accidental insurance of taxi drivers in his constituency, Shyari. The Minister flagged off the noble initiative during the All Taxi Drivers’ Meet in Shyari. The insurance will cover 250 drivers including light and heavy vehicles under the constituency. Rewaj Gurung […]

The state has been witnessing a sharp rise in daily covid cases. As many as 800 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Assam in the last 24 hours. This takes the active caseload in the state to 5,508 while the positivity rate stood at 10.10 per cent, according to the data published by the […]

A major fire broke out in Guwahati’s Rehabari area late last evening. As per inputs, the fire was triggered by cylinder blast in the house of a person identified as Ratul Sarma. The inferno also destroyed as many as 3 neighbouring residences in the locality. Meanwhile, 6 persons sustained injuries in the incident, 2 of […]

In a big breakthrough, 4 among the 19 missing workers in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district have been found and rescued. After nearly 3 weeks of futile search operations, 4 among the 19 missing workers were rescued last evening. This was informed by none other than Kurung Kumeu DC Nighee Bengia exclusively to Northeast Live. […]

#Northeastlive | The NSCN-IM is likely to hold a meet early next week to take a call on whether to accept peace interlocutor AK Mishra’s invite for resumption of talks. Highly placed sources said that the NSCN-IM will make its move on the talk’s invitation known after this key meet. Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain […]

#Northeastlive | The State’s lone BJP MLA DR Buddha Dhan Chakma and CEM of Chakma Autonomous District Council Buddha Lila Chakma, were among the 13 people convicted by the Court of the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act in a graft case. Dr B.D. Chakma is the first legislator convicted in a graft case in […]

The bodies of four Assam youths who had gone missing in Arunachal Pradesh have been recovered. As per reports, the 4 youths lost their way in heavy fog and inclement weather when they were out sightseeing at the Sesa-Dirang road.  The deceased have been identified as Bedanta Bormehela and Nayan Basumatari from Nagaon, Sanjib Das […]

Train services between Guwahati and Silchar has resumed from today after over a month. The route which passes through Haflong was badly damaged by landslides that occurred on May 15.  Despite facing many challenges, the railway authorities raced against time to restore the connectivity. It needs to be mentioned that people from Tripura, Mizoram along […]

The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings against 30 troopers of the 21 Para Special Force in connection with the Oting shootout in Nagaland that led to the death of 14 civilians last December. 
 The SC bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee and V Ramasubramanian also observed that the death of a paratrooper during the […]

Several reports of alleged cross voting has come to the fore in the Presidential elections which saw Draupadi Murmu become the first tribal President of India. As per reports, a total of 22 votes from a total of 42 opposition MLAs have gone in favour of Murmu in Assam. Within the NDA alliance, BJP has […]